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Biological rhythms

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Periodic psychological fluctuations (sleep/awake cycle)

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Consciousness

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24 hour cycle, biological clock, traveling through diff time zones

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Circadian rhythm

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All of the stages of sleep before rem sleep

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Non rem sleep

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Rem sleep

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Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur.

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Alpha waves

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Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed awake state.

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Periodic natural reversible loss of consciousness - as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma

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Sleep

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Hallucinations

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False sensory experiences

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Delta waves

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Occur during deep sleep large waves slow brain waves.

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Recurring problems with falling asleep

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Insomnia

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Sleep disorder of uncontrollable sleep attacks

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Narcolepsy

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Sleep disorder characterized by momentary awakenings Nd temporary cessation a of breathing.

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Sleep apnea

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Night terror

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Sleep disorder– high arousal and appearance of being terrified. During stage 4 sleep.

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Sequence of emotions, thoughts, images, passing through a sleeping persons mind.

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DREAM

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Dream theories- 5 of them

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Dreams are successions of images ideas emotions and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

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Freuds wish fulfillment

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Satisfactions of a desire through an involuntary thought process

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Remembering the story line of a dream

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Manifest content

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Information processing

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Helps us sort out the days events and consolidate memories.

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Activation synthesis

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Rem sleep trigger neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories.

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Cognitive development

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Dream content reflects dreamers cognitive development (knowledge and understandings)

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Rem rebound

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Rem sleep increases from rem deprivation (repeated awakenings)

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Social interaction where one person is in control of another persons emotions actions or perceptions.

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Hypnosis

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Anton Mesmer

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Modern hypnosis- used magnets to put people in trances.

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Post hypnotic suggestion

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Suggestion made during hypnosis sessions to be carried out after person is awoken. Used clinically

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When you’re so caught up in hypnosis that you can detect horrible odor right in front of you.

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Social influence theory

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Famous psychologist at Stanford became famous in 1950’s for research on hypnosis especially in pain control

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Ernest Hilgard

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Dissociation

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A split in consciousness. Allowing thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously w/ others.

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Psychoactive drugs

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Alters perceptions and mood.

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Diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug.

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Tolerance

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Discomfort or distress when stopping the use of an addictive drug.

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Withdrawal

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Psychological dependence

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Need to use a drug to relieve negative emotions.

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Physical dependence

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Need for a drug, unpleasant symptoms of withdrawal.

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Compulsive crave or use.

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Addiction.

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Drugs that REDUCE NEURAL ACTIVITY & SLOW BODY FUNCTIONS.

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Depressants

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Drugs that EXCITE & SPEED UP BODY FUNCTIONS.

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Stimulants

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Temporarily depress pain and anxiety, depress neural activity (morphine and heroin)

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Opiates

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Drugs that depress CNS imparting memory and judgment.

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Barbiturates

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Drugs that stimulate neural activity associated w energy and mood changes.

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Amphetamines

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Stimulative drugs causing sped up body functions and increase mood and energy changes.

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Amphetamines (neural activity) & methamphetamines (CNS)

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Ecstasy

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Synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. (Social intimacy)

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Psychedelic drugs that distort perceptions and evokes sensory images in the absence of sensory input.

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Hallucinogens

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Powerful hallucinogenic drug aka acid

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LSD

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Major active ingredient in weed

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THC

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An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death, often similar to drug induced hallucinogens.

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Near death experience

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Dualism

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Mind and body are separate entities that interact.

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Monism

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Mind and body are separate aspects of same thing.

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EEG- stages of sleep

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Awake- alpha waves 
1- nodding off
2- totally asleep
3-deepening sleep
4- deeper sleep w delta waves
Rem- deepest sleep rapid eye movement

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